Three Years After MH370's Disappearance, Beijingers Remain Forgotten
Three years ago Wednesday morning, a Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 took off from Kuala Lumpur International Airport. It was scheduled to land about six hours later at Beijing Capital International...
View ArticleThe Best Beijing Spring Date Ideas on Every Budget
It’s getting warmer, and love is in the air. All you’ve got to do is hope that your partner doesn’t read this blog, or else they’ll know it wasn’t your idea, but mine, and that's not romantic at all....
View ArticleHopefully it Won't Be 'Three Strikes, You're Out' for China at World Baseball...
China is hoping to literally knock one out of the park today as its World Baseball Classic team takes to the field to face off against Cuba. That game begins March 8 at 10.40am Beijing time, and can be...
View ArticleNibbles and Sips: March/April 2017 Edition
The biggest dining news of the spring, for meatlovers at least, is that New York City-based steakhouse Wolfgang’s will open a branch in the newly-renovated Pacific Century Place, just north of 1949....
View ArticleYour Entire Boozing Guide (and Beer Menu) for the Beijing Invitational Craft...
Great Leap Brewing’s third Beijing Invitational Craft Beer Festival returns this weekend (Mar 10-12) at TRB Copper. Thirty-five breweries from around the world will convene at the event, bringing with...
View ArticleNew Cat-Kind Animal Shelter Looking for Funding to Help Beijing's Strays
Ripley, the co-founder of Cat-Kind, is on the hunt to give Beijing cats in need a second chance. Her and her team are in the process of gathering funds to build an animal shelter for cats and small...
View ArticleBeijing Orders Halt to Electric Bicycle-Sharing Service E-Zebra
This post comes courtesy of our content partners at TechNode.Beijing authorities recently ordered a halt to electric bicycle-sharing service E-zebra (in Chinese), citing safety and legitimacy concerns....
View ArticleToy Box in Sanlitun Stays True to its Name With Playful Cocktails and Wacky...
Perched on an apartment block on the sixth floor above Sanlitun’s Dirty Bar Street, allowing a vantage point that makes you wince in empathy for the poor souls that must watch hundreds of humanity’s...
View Article"It's Interesting How in China EVERYTHING is Food": Q&A With Funnyman Jim...
Indulging in Hot Pockets. Cracking Dad jokes. Being pale. Such are the everyman hallmarks that Jim Gaffigan somehow makes hilarious. In fact the doughy, affable, Midwestern comedian has somehow turned...
View ArticleSpringtime!: Where to Eat Chunbing in Beijing
With daytime temperatures in the mid-teens and blue sky days seemingly more frequent, it's safe to say that spring is on its way in Beijing. There is no better time, then, to eat one of northern...
View ArticleMore's Zhongguancun Serviced Residences Give Beijing the Swanky Apartments it...
The Zhongguancun area has evolved over the years from a go-to bargain electronic area to the center of Beijing's tech startup scene as more and more people take the plunge into the surrounding...
View ArticleBeijing Beats: Win Tickets for The Feel Good Night plus OMI, Goth-Trad, and...
Beijing Beats brings you the best in Beijing nightlife each weekend so that you can soothe the woes of a long a stressful week with some out-of-body gyrating and some experiences you'd rather forget...
View ArticleDon’t Fall for This Mobike Scam, and Start Parking Properly to Save Money the...
The next time you plan to hop on a Mobike, be sure to double check its QR code. That’s because unscrupulous schemers have gone to several of the popular shared bicycles and covered their scannable...
View ArticleChinese Travel Ban Ridiculed on Twitter: "Come to Korea Where There Are No...
Not content with targeting K-Pop stars, Lotte Mart, and even video games, China has intensified their protest of South Korea's implementation of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) missile...
View ArticleThrowback Thursday: Pollution Busting Vans Took to the Streets, Then...
Throwback Thursday takes a look back into Beijing's past, using our nine-year-strong blog archives as the source for a glance at the weird and wonderful of yesteryear.When there's something...
View ArticleGame Over: Taobao to Ban Sale of Imported Video Games, Books, CDs, and Casettes
China's dismal video gaming culture continues to suffer as a new regulation, set to go into effect this Friday, will restrict the sale of imported video games on China's biggest e-commerce platform,...
View ArticleSeeing Green: Beijing 2017 St. Patrick's Day Roundup
Get ready Beijing, because next Friday, March 17, it is St. Patrick's Day again! Put on your greenest clothes, and find those beer goggles in the back of your closet, because Beijing does not celebrate...
View ArticleA History of R-Rated Films in China
This post comes courtesy of our content partners at China Film Insider.R-rated Hollywood films have a long history in China, dating to 1995, when True Lies entered the country as the second-ever...
View ArticleTension Rises in Beijing's South Korean Community as THAAD Missile Dispute...
Rising nationalistic sentiment due to the deployment of a US missile system on South Korean soil is beginning to make South Koreans residents of Beijing nervous."[Discrimination against South Koreans...
View ArticleNoise Pollution, Mar 10-12: Sleepmakeswaves, Spring Chaos, Nova Heart,...
Is it spring already? Thanks climate change! You’re the best! Not sure if I should cry or simply think back and enjoy the rapidly shifting weather patterns but either way there’s no excuse anymore to...
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